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America.- Kalm (Peter) Travels into North America;containing its natural history, and a circumstantial account of its plantations and agriculture in general, With The Civil, Ecclesiastical And Commercial State Of The Country, The Manners of the Inhabitants, and several curious and Important Remarks on various Subjects, 3 vol., first edition in English, first issue (Warrington imprint to vol.1), list of subscribers to vol.2, large engraved folding map, 6 engraved plates, advertisement f. to end of vol.1 regarding the sheet map of North America and subscriptions for the second volume, offsetting, a few small stains, occasional spotting, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt and with red and smaller black morocco labels, vol.2 lower corners worn, rubbed, [Howes K5; Sabin 36989; Streeter Sale 823], 8vo, Warrington, William Eyres and London, printed for the editor; and sold by T. Lowndes, 1770-1771. ⁂ A very good set of this work, which Streeter calls 'One of the most important and reliable eighteenth-century accounts of American natural history, social organization and political situation', and Howes considers a 'most trustworthy description of Swedish settlements in 18th century Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.', Provenance: 'Charlotte B. Hutchinson 1799' and George Hutchinson (ink inscriptions to endpapers or titles).